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The latterThe latter

March 22, 2001March 22, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:39 pm

The latter came as a result of one our boats taking in a load of Hormel canned chicken.  Some of it got spilled out during the unloading and enough cans

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Poor and apparentlyPoor and apparently

March 15, 2001March 15, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:39 pm

The Jap aim was poor and apparently their launching device was very crude, perhaps the whole device was crude.  Anyhow the damned things would go up in the air leaving

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Our boat crewsOur boat crews

March 8, 2001March 8, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:39 pm

Our boat crews (26 of them) during all this time were giving a grand account of themselves and while we lost a few boats we didn’t lose any men.  They

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I spend the third nightI spend the third night

March 1, 2001March 1, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:38 pm

I spend the third night in Jack’s boat because I had to send mine back to the ship for repairs and couldn’t find it when it returned because of the

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The mortar fireThe mortar fire

February 22, 2001February 22, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:38 pm

The mortar fire we could see landing on the beach was really much more personal because we could see what it was doing to the poor devils there.  The casualties

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As I told you before …As I told you before …

February 15, 2001February 15, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:37 pm

As I told you before I think one of my most vivid memories of this whole business will be the awful fatigue.  I was so tired I ached all over

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By late morningBy late morning

February 8, 2001February 8, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:37 pm

By late morning there were enough places on the beach to land boats.  Bates and I got back in ours and proceeded to do the routine job of beach salvage

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FinallyFinally

February 1, 2001February 1, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:36 pm

Finally daybreak came and after eating a breakfast of canned rations (none of us had much of an appetite) we went back to blue beach to do salvage work  and

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By the timeBy the time

January 25, 2001January 25, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:36 pm

By the time the last boat was off the beach and was straightened away for home it was beginning to get dark and then came the very unwelcome word that

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There was enough room…There was enough room…

January 18, 2001January 18, 2001| bates-r-usbates-r-us| 0 Comment | 7:35 pm

There was enough room however and our boat coxswains used perfect judgement in picking their landing spots.  Out poured the troops and the boats began backing off the beach.  Jack

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